Socket-bracket for drapery-poles



(No Model.)

J. O. LARKINS. SOCKET BRACKET FOR DRAPERY'POLBS, &c. No. 597,064.

Patented Jan. 11, 1898. Izfi.

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JAMESC. LARKINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SOCKET-BRACKET FOR DRAPERY-POLES, 81,6.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,064, dated January1 1, 1898. Application filed March 11, 1897. Serial No. 626,928. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom. it 'mm concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. LARKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of l-Iennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSocket-Brackets for Drapery-Poles, as. and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved socketbracket andfastening for securing drapery-poles, curtain-rods, &c., to doors,windows, or other supports.

To the ends above noted my invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claimsThe preferred form of my invention is shown in several of its uses inthe accompanying drawings, wherein, like characters indicating likeparts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowing a pair of my improved socketbrackets used to secure a short orhalf-length drapery-pole directly between the sides of a doorway. Fig. 2is a perspective view showing a pair of the said socket-brackets used tosecure a fulllength drapery-pole to one face of the doorcasing. Fig. 3is a perspective view of one of the socket-brackets removed. Fig. 4; isaperspective view of the socket-bracket shown in Fig. 3, but illustratingthe manner in which the staple and key are applied to secure the same toa support. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the key. Fig. 6 is likewise aperspective view of the staple; and Fig. '7 is a view, partly in sideelevation and partly in central vertical section, showing, on anenlarged scale, the right end of the drapery-pole and fasteningillustrated in Fig. 1.

1 indicates the casing of a door.

2 indicates the short drapery-pole shown in Figs. 1 and 7, and 3indicates the full-length drapery-pole shown in Fig. 2.

My improved socket-bracket involves an end or head plate a, a brokenmarginal flange or socket proper, 1'), and a base or foot piece 0, whichparts are preferably formed integral with each other. The flange orsocket portion I) is cut away at one side, as shown at b,

screw-passages c and with an elongated perforation 0 which is adapted topass or re ceive the head of a staple d. A short distance from the base0 the head or end plate a is provided with an elongated slot at, whichin size corresponds to the slot 0 in said base 0,

and is likewise adapted to pass or receive the head of the staple d.

f indicates a key or pin adapted for codperation with the staple d in amanner hereinafter described.

To adapt the socket-bracket for the use illustrated in Fig. 1, the endor head plate a is provided at the axial center of the socket b with aperforation a 9 indicates a cap or head of ornamental de sign providedwith a screw-stem 9', projecting centrally from its base.

'The use of the above-described device is substantially as follows: henthe short or half-length drapery-pole 2 is to be used, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 7, the left-hand member of the socket-brackets should besecured to the side of the casing 1 by means of a staple d first driveninto the side of said casing. The slot 0. in the head or end plate ashould then be placed over the head of the staple d, and then the key fshould be placed between the head of said staple d and the end or headplate a in a manner illustrated in Fig. i.

To secure the right-hand member of the socket-brackets in workingposition, as illustrated in Fig. 1, ordinary screws (not shown) may bepassed through the perforations c in the base 0 and screwed into theunder face of the top of the door-casing, or it may be secured in themanner just described in connection with the left hand socket-bracket,eX- cept that in this case the staple I) must be passed'through the slot0 in the foot or base 0, and the key f must be placed between the headof said staple d and said foot portion 0.

The chief advantage in the use of the staple d and key f is the facilitywhich is afforded for quick and easy removal and application of thesocket-bracket. To remove the socket, it is of course only necessary toslip out the key f, and this will have no tendency to strain or distortthe socket-bracket. In case it is desired to temporarily remove thesocketbrackets the staple (1 may be left in position in the woodwork andwill be ready for use when it is again desired to replace thesocketbracket. It thus becomes obvious that this form of fastening savesthe woodwork from being defaced by the applications and removals of thesocket-brackets.

When the short pole is used, as illustrated in Fig. 1, I employ theornamental screw cap or head 9 g, the screw g of which is passed throughthe perforation a of the right-hand member of the socket-brackets and isscrewed into the right end of the pole 2. This cap or head gives anornamental and finished appearance to the end of the drapery-pole andalso serves to tightly clamp the right-hand socket-bracket to said poleand hold said pole from displacement.

When used as above described in connection with Fig. 1, it is immaterialwhether or not the socket-brackets are made rights and lefts, but whenused as illustrated in Fig. 2 said socket-brackets must be made rightsand lefts,so that the pole-passages b of both brackets will be on theupper sides of the same. In the use illustrated in Fig. 2 thesocket-brackets may be secured by means of screws passed through thescrew-holes c in the base 0; but preferably they will be secured bymeans of the staples d and keys f, which staples d are passed throughthe slots 0 in a manner simi lar to that described in connection withthe right-hand socket-bracket employed in Fig. 1.

Athird use or manner of securing a draperypole would be to secure bothof the socketbrackets to the insides ofthe door-sill in a manner similarto that described in connection with the left-hand socket-bracketillustrated in Fig. 1. By means of a pair of brackets thus secured afull-length drapery-pole may be supported directly in the opening of thedoorway.

It will be noted that socket-brackets constructed in accordance with myabove-described invention are capable of all three or the above uses. 1More than this, they are capable of many other usessuch, for example, asfor hanging curtain-rods in various manners and for securingtapestry-rods. pose to make these socket-brackets in several differentsizes to adapt the same for poles and rods of different sizes.

From the above description it is thought to be obvious that I haveprovided an extremely simple, efficient, durable, and ornamental devicefor the purposes had in View.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. A socket-bracket for drapery-poles, &c., involving the end or headplate a, the footpiece c, and the socket or flange Z), projecting in acommon direction with said foot-piece 0,

cut away at b so as to pass the pole laterally, and extended on itsopposite side so that the pole cannot be passed laterally between thesame and said foot 0, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the socket-bracket involving, the head-plate awith perforation cf, the socket or flange I) cut away at Z), and thefoot or base 0 projecting in a common direction with said flange 19, ofthe ornamental cap g provided with screw 9., substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

3. The combinationwiththesocket-bracket involving, the end or head platea with slot or perforation a and central screw-passage a the socket orflange 1) cut away at b, and the base or foot piece 0 provided with theslot or perforation c of the staple d and key f, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. LARKINS.

IVitnesses:

L. O. ELMORE, F. D. MERCHANT.

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